[Sca-cooks] Stew by another name?

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

So as i've said, i'm translating "A la table du Grand Turc" - i now 
have 3 pages let to go!!! then i have to type it in to a computer and 
refine the translation.

One of these refinements involves replacing the French word "ragout" 
(circumflex over the "u") with an English word. Most often the word 
would be "stew" but i wonder if there's another word that would carry 
less baggage, at least here in the US.

I translated the book by hand into a note book - i just translated on 
the run, so to speak, and i left a few words or expressions in French 
rather than stop to ponder various synonyms or modern English idioms 
- so now i have to go back and switch them out, which will be easy on 
a computer.

Anyway, suggestions for "ragout" other than "stew"?

Thanks,
-- 
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita

taking a quick break from the Germany-Portugal World Cup game